Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-12-31
bonding OF the Pacific Coas, steamship

Company. committee on Commerce..
Also, a memur. al of the Consti;utiona. /
Convention Of the Territory of UtIt, !
asking admission into the Un.un a. "a /
State-with copies of the Cons stituiiun. /
Referred to the Committee on Terri /
tories.
Among the bills introduced and re-
ferred were the following:
By Mr.. Frve: FOR the collection of
more accurate statistics OF exports, cm-
igratioa and immigration.
The following bills were reported
favorably from committees, and placed
on the calendar.
To establish two additional land
| offices in Colorado; to provide in GER
/ tain cases Tor the forfeiture of wagon
roads grants in Oregon; granting TO the
State of California , per cent of the net
proceeds of cash sales of public lands in
/ that State: TO amend the law concern
/ ing the commission of fisheries; to aid
the establishment aud temporary sup
port of common schools; and to enable
the State of California to take lands il
lien of the sixteenth and thirty-siXth
sections found to be mineral lands.
Among other bills introduced and re-
ferred were the following:
BY Mr.. P!att: TO prohibit the manu-
facture and sale of spirituouS and in
toxicating liquors in the District o!
Columbia.
By Mr.. Henderson: To divide the
State of Nebraska into two judicial dis
tricts.
BY Mr.. Cullom: To annex portion
of Montana TO Idaho.
BY MIR. Palmer: To eXtirpate conta-
gious pleuro- o-pneumonia, foot and
mouth disease and rinderpest among
cattle, and to facilitate the expectation
OF cattle and the exports of live stock.
Also t. forfeit lands granted TO Nj
chigan for railroad from Ontonagon
TO the Wisconsin State line.
Mr.. SAWYER called up his motion to
reconsider the vote whereby, last Mon
day, the resolution offered by Mr. But
ler for the appointment OF a select com
mlttee TO inquire into the advisable, ty
of establishing a Government postal
telegraph was agreed TO.
Mr.. SAWYER said his object was tC
have the subject referred 10 the loSl
Office Committee, where it properly
belonged. After some debate the vote
: was reconsidered and the bill was re
: ferred to the Post Office Committee.
Mr.. Call offered a long preamble anO
3 resolution in reference to railroad land
I grants. Laid on the table.
I Mr.. sherman moved that TIT
= Presidents message and accompanying
G documents be referred to the Commit
tee on Finance, and gave notice tha
3 after the holidays he would address th'
: Senate on the subject. Motion agree'
: TO.
In the House the Speaker announces
: the appointment of the Committee o.
Rules, as follows:
, The Speaker, Messrs. Randall, Mills
= and Cannon.
Mr.. Dibble of South Carolina, offere
q resolution referring to the C0mmltte
y on appropriations the reports OF th
J.. Court of Claims on the French spolia
- ton claims, with instructions to tina
committee to report all claims whic
L have been DECIDED favorably to tn
;, claimants in the general deficiency bill
MIR. Blount, of Georgia, objected
:, instructing a committee to report bac
u claims which would involve millions G
y dollars before the resolution containin
/ such instructions had been considere
;. by committee.
: MIR. Randall coincided in this vie
's and suggested that the resolution
= referred to the Committee on Claims.
i MIR. Dibble said that the amount II
yolyed in the spoliation claims W:
u yariously estimated st. from $4,000,
y TO Sd, 900, 600. According to the be
u, estimate he could make, the amount II
~ ~ volyed was about Sl0,OOO,OOO. III
LII amount involved in his resolution W;
,,, only SI4S,0OO. But if the Governmel
=" owed the claimants the money, as Ii:
=, been decided by the Count of Claim
20 the question of amount was OF secon'
O. airy Importance.
AR. Blount could see no reason WI
os these claims should be placed in al
~ more favorable position than any oth
=, claims. since the act of referring Il
AZ spoliation claims to the Court OF CLAIM
~ ~ expressly declared that the report
the Court should not be considered
,n- the light Of Judgment, but merely
,ol advisory to Congress.
"a Mr.. Dibble denied that there W
~ ANYTHING in the resolution to comm
"a the House to favorable action in
q, matter of these claims. .
~ Mr.. Reed. of Maine, supported I
'i,, resolution. Congress had referred I
yy claims to a court for judicial ascertai
@ nent. and the court had decided. IL
- in certain cases the United States
r. liable. 1t seems to him that after ia
,cr ing kept the claimants waiting
he nearly elgh'y .cao' ,,,r. go
" tion TO the claims, but ought to col
~ souarely up TO the yes or no answer.
80 Mr.. Springer, of Illinois, regard
of the resolution as inter ering with
mt orderly procedure of the house; sli
il took away the rightiul Jurlsdlcti
m of the Committee on Claims and CO
"a ferred that jurisdiction upon the Co
nd mittee on Appropriations. Ihere v
,,Id no more reason why these claims sho'
tha GO TO the Committee on Approx
n,, tioas than that the claims reported
in Congress under the provisions OF
,no "Rowman'' act should be given Il
rid reference.
aoo MIR. Rogers, of Arkansas, thout
II that the resolution was premature
Of called upon TO vote now he woald
6t- against the payment OF these clall
The DEPARTMENT Of Justice was d'ssa
-rs fed with the quasi judgment OF
!, ao Court of Claims. but if the Supre
Court should settle the question
,or vowed against the United states
oss would be guided by that final decis
, and vote for an appropriation to LII
it.
The previous question was ordere
yeas IG3: nays, Sand the resOlul
ion was adopted.
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